title: Dexamethasone suppression test in patients with Parkinson's disease.
abstract: The Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST), supposed to effectively distinguish between endogenous and nonendogenous depression, was performed in a group of 34 patients with Parkinson's disease. Abnormal DST results were observed in 50% of the patients. The patients were clinically divided into subgroups of depressed and nondepressed parkinsonians. Abnormal DST results were significantly more frequent in depressed (75%) than in nondepressed parkinsonians (27.7%).
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Neurology CCMF, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Kostić
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Covicković-Sternić
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beslać-Bumbasirević
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ocić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pavlović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikolić
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003907:Dexamethasone; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone